Soft Skills Resources

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A solid how-to manual for negotiations. It walks you through the fundamentals of negotiations and the various differences in negotiating styles across the globe. It also tackles advanced topics such as dispute resolutions, negotiating in team, multi-party negotiations, and negotiating with governments.

No book has given me as much day-to-day management utility as Influence. If you’re looking for ways to be more persuasive without resorting to simply brow-beating everyone around you into submission, Cialdini is your man.

Ury is a luminary in the field of negotiations. The Power of a Positive No focuses on a very specific element of negotiations and dispute resolution: how to refuse unacceptable offers or demands without burning bridges. It’s a short read and an elegantly simple system that has gotten me out of a couple of scrapes in the past.

Millennials. Everybody love to hate them. But, guess what? They make up an increasingly large swath of the workforce. If you find interfacing with Millennials frustrating, this book will tell you why and how to manage them more effectively.